Jesus replied, “and said, "I tell you the solemn truth, if not someone is born see the kingdom of God unless they are born from above, not of the kingdom of God (John 3:5)
What does it mean to be born from above? "The one born from the flesh exist flesh, and the one born from the Spirit exists spirit" (John 3:6). To put the two together one must be born from above, of the Spirit, to enter the kingdom of God. Jesus came into this work with authority so that men may be born anew of the Spirit, into the kingdom of God, children of God.
existing in the world and the world was created through him and the world knew him not, he came to the extent of his own and his own did not receive him. Now, as many as did receive him, to them he gave the authority to become children of God, the ones believing in that his name, born not from blood nor from fleshly will nor from a mans will rather from God (John 1:1013)
Jesus came with authority to grant men to be born into the kingdom of God. But what about the fleshly Jew? "Rather, Jewish is in one and circumcision of the heart in the Spirit, not written code, like as the one praising not from man rather from God (Romans 2:29)
One can't truly give God praise and honor and reverence unless he is born of the Spirit, circumcised not of the flesh, but of the heart in the Spirit. One must first become a child of God. We are born of the Spirit and we have testimony of this, "the Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God," (Romans 8:16). We have "received the Spirit of adoption, in whom we cry, “Abba! Father" and it is not a spirit of slavery, servitude, or timidly or fear but of power and love and sound mind (Romans 8:14-15; 2 Timothy 1:7). The Spirit pours out the love of God into our hearts (Romans 5:5-6).
"You also in him hearing the word of truth, the gospel of your
salvation, in him also believing, sealed of the promised Holy Spirit,
that whom exists the pledge of our inheritance to the extent redemption
of his own, to the praise of his glory" (Ephesians 1:13-14).
How did we come to be born anew into the kingdom of God? We heard the gospel of our salvation. It is foolishness to those who are perishing but to us saved existing the power of God (1 Corinthians 1:18). How is it power from God? It is how we are born into the kingdom of God, we receive new birth through hearing of the gospel and are sealed with the promised Holy Spirit. How can we believe? "This is the work so that you believe in him who he has sent" (John 6:28). This is the power of God, that we believe. Jesus is the author and perfecter of our faith, (Hebrews 12:2). Our salvation is by grace through faith, a gift of God (Ephesians 2:8-9).
No one comes to me if not of the Father, who sent me him... (John 6:44)
All that come to Jesus, are given him by the Father and are drawn to him by the Father, and all that come to him he will loose none. "All that the Father gives me will come to me and the ones coming I will not turn away... this is the will of the one who sent me so that all whom are given to me I will loose none..." (John 6:35-40). God's love is an everlasting love.* In love he has chosen the elect, before the creation of the world, and the Spirit is the pledge of our inheritance.
it is the Spirit that gives life, the flesh is useless, the words that I speak to you exist Spirit and Life (John 6:63)
It is the Spirit that gives life. When we were dead in our trespasses God was rich in mercy, through his great love and made us alive in Christ (Ephesians 2:1-8). A gift from God. Now, look carefully what Jesus says next after saying the Spirit gives life, "but there are some among you who do not believe, for from the beginning Jesus knew any not believing and who would betray him, and said, "for this reason I said to you, no one has power to come to me if not exists given to him from the Father" (John 6:63-65).
Surely, it is of the Spirit that we enter the kingdom of God. Jesus came to give men the authority to enter. It took a death to establish a will, a covenant, a testament, it is why it is called a new covenant in his blood. And what we receive though this new covenant is redemption, the forgiveness of sins, favor, and adoption. There are three that testify; Spirit, water and blood and the three exist one (1 John 5:7-8). God predestined us for adoption though the Spirit to enter the kingdom of God. We have the testimony of the Spirit, as a pledge of our inheritance, as we await our adoption, the redemption of our bodies, for in this hope we are saved, and the Spirit groans inwardly awaiting for our freedom as children of God (Romans 8:20-29).
"now, the one working out this very thing is God, the one giving us the Spirit as a pledge" (2 Corinthians 5:5).
The one working out, bringing into effect, producing in us,so that what is mortal may be one day swallowed up by life is God, who gave us his Spirit as a pledge (2 Corinthians 5:15). "Now, God the one establishes us together with you in Christ. also anointing us and sealed us also giving us the Spirit in our hearts, the pledge (2 Corinthians 1:21-22). Paul writes God sealed us with the Holy Spirit as his own (Ephesian 1:14). He chose us and predestined us for adoption as his own (Ephesians 1:4-7). So being born into the kingdom of God, is the sealing of the Holy Spirit, which is a pledge of our inheritance that God will take redemption of his own, his children.
He chose us in love, and predestined us for adoption, and their is no greater assurance nor testimony than that of the Spirit. The basis of our hope of eternal salvation and redemption and righteousness is that we have entered the kingdom of God through new birth of the Spirit, which was granted by God to us through the hearing of the gospel. God has sealed us with his Spirit "which is a pledge of our inheritance to the extent redemption of his own" (Ephesians 1:14).
